Introduction
Toxicophloea thunbergi.
Natural order, Apocynaceae.
Arrow poison of the Bushmen.
Preparation, from, the bark.
Authority. George Grey, M.D., Brit. Medorrhinum Journ., 1874 (2). P.
169, effects of a decoction of the bark.
Convulsions; loss of muscular power; death in a few minutes.
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.